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Book Overview
A novel of corruption, deceit and dishonour which opens in small-town America in the long hot summer of 1967. Earl Beale, psychopathic ex-basketball star, now a used-car salesman after being jailed... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0805009558
ISBN13:9780805009552
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:Henry Holt & Company
Length:230 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 9.3" x 6.2"
Customer Reviews
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How (not) to sell used cars and other small crime
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Another great story from the master. I've never better read a better description of the process of selling a used car - no wonder that used car salesreps have such a bad reputation! Hilarious, and tragic as well. And this is only part of the whole story. The title refers to trust that is also a necessary condition in the criminal world - though with harsher consequences when trust is broken... Utterly enjoyable - I've read it at least 4 times now.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Earl Beale never could get things right. Not when he was a college basketball player shaving points; not even after he got out of the can. Earl tried, but his character was against him. And now he's mixed up with Jimmy Battaglia, and "Battles" doesn't like guys like Earl.
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